First off I thought the food at 'Ohana was a solid 3.5/5. Chicken was good but the steak was just alright. Lo mein wasn't very good but the shrimp was delicious. Salad and bread was great, but the wings were meh. Since I wasn't staying at the resort it was a bit out of the way to get here and I probably wouldn't come back in the future just because I could get a meal I preferred more elsewhere without having to travel from resort to resort. Service was alright, I never really saw the waiter and only ever had one chance to ask for more of anything. The place is a bit loud and hard to hear in, but I was dining solo so it didn't matter too much.
We went for dinner and everything was terrific. But it’s just way too much food! They brought trays of bread, salad, noodles, wontons, chicken wings, chicken thighs, steak tips, veggies, shrimp! Then a massive piece of pineapple cake with a mountain of ice cream on top.
We paid $70 per person. And they wouldn’t allow us to take any home. We watched them dump all the food into the trash. So they would rather throw out all that food rather than let us take it home. I really felt bad about that. And I feel like I paid for it. But It’s just too much food and unnecessarily expensive.
Great family friendly spot to enjoy casual food that everyone would enjoy. The service was amazing, waitress came by often and was friendly and funny. The food could be better, as I felt the portions were huge and some items were too salty. Could not finish a lot of the food. However, the entertainment made the experience even better, personalized to each guest and their celebrations. Each song was emotional and traditional, and everybody truly felt part of a large ohana. The atmosphere definitely bumped my experience of this place.
MH
Mike Harrison
Aug 11, 2026
We ate at Ohana for dinner last night and I wanted to share my experience in hopes that the restaurant reads them and makes some changes. Plus I feel for what we paid to eat here, we should have had better food and service.
Overall the food was either dry or warm (not hot), and the service was lacking. The bread and salad that we started with were good - there is a touch of pineapple in the bread. The first platter took a long time to arrive. The server is supposed to let them know when we're ready, but she was slacking on that since the table next to us sped past us with their service (and a different server). The platter with noodles, chicken wings and dumplings was warm. The fried dumplings were either covered with the noodles or lying on them. This took the crispy fried part away, so we had soggy fried dumplings. The wings were crispy but just kind of warm, same with the temperature of the noodles. Then came a bowl of teriyaki beef. These were all cooked differently - some we found to be rare while some were a little overcooked (crispy ends). The pieces were rather big, while some were small - a very inconsistent plate of beef. It tasted good enough to me, but others didn't like it. Then the plate of grilled chicken, and this was dry, so dry. It was supposed to be a glazed chicken but our seemed to have a rub on it and was a little spicy - and did I mention "dry"? The bread pudding dessert was good, nice to have something that came out as expected.
Now about the service: our server seemed to disappear a bit. She did came back to provide pog juice refills. The table next to us came in after us but was getting their platters before we did, and they finished before we even got our dessert. So we saw how service was supposed to be done. One member of our party had finished her beer after the first platter came, but our server never asked if she wanted a refill during the rest of the meal.
For $67/adult, the food should have been much better - hot even and crispy food should be separated from noodles. Then they add an automatic 18% gratuity on the bill - but our server did not provide service to that par. At least the gratuity probably goes to the service staff and not just to our server.
BB
Bestofeverthing
Aug 9, 2026
It is offensive how they throw the food at you at this restaurant for the price you are paying.
We dined at ‘Ohana on Friday, August 7, after booking our reservation 60 days in advance for 7:25 PM. We were seated on time, and that is about where the positives ended.
The moment we sat down, bread and salad were put on the table. We placed our drink orders, and within minutes, the noodles, wings, and wontons arrived. Before we even received our drinks, the chicken was dropped off. A couple of minutes later before we had even had a chance to finish the bread and salad the shrimp and steak arrived.
Literally the ENTIRE MEAL was sitting on our table under 10 minutes of us sitting down.
How exactly is a family supposed to eat that much food before it gets cold, let alone relax and actually enjoy a $300+ dinner? There was absolutely no pacing to the meal. It felt like the only objective was to get every plate onto our table as quickly as humanly possible so they could turn the table over.
And the atmosphere certainly didn’t make up for it. The restaurant felt like an overcrowded cafeteria, with seemingly as many tables crammed into the space as they could possibly fit, and scaffolding visible outside. Nothing about the experience felt like dining at one of Disney World’s flagship deluxe resorts.
Ironically, when we asked for additional noodles, those actually took a while to arrive. There was finally a pause before dessert, but by that point the damage was done.
Then came the bill. We were initially charged for FOUR ADULTS even though one member of our party was our 9 year old child, so we had to have the check corrected. Which is confusing how that mistake is made when you booked through the app and they know your entire party and their ages.
Our reservation was at 7:25 PM. We sat down on time. After the entire meal, dessert, correcting the bill and paying, we walked out of the restaurant at 8:14 PM.
Less than 50 minutes.
Our total with tip was roughly $350 for a family of four, and they managed to get us in and out in less time than it takes to ride most of the attractions at Magic Kingdom.
That’s absurd. Our bill probably would’ve been more if we had the time to actually order another drink or they had the time to even ask, but the whole meal was over before we could barely finish our first drink.
I understand Disney serves enormous crowds and restaurants need to operate efficiently. But there is a huge difference between efficient service and making guests feel like cattle being herded through a feeding line. This was the latter. Food wasn’t served to us; it felt like it was thrown at us while servers rushed around trying to move everyone through as quickly as possible, so Disney could make as much money as possible.
The experience was so bad it genuinely made me question the entire trip. It took what should have been a special Disney dining experience (whole family got dressed up in Hawaiian attire) and left us feeling frustrated and disappointed.
For what Disney charges at ‘Ohana, guests should be able to sit down, order a drink, enjoy the bread and salad, and have the different courses arrive at a reasonable pace. That isn’t an unreasonable expectation for a $350 dinner at a deluxe resort.
Instead, this felt like fast food at fine dining prices.
We’ve had plenty of Disney dining experiences over the years, and this was easily the worst I’ve experienced. It was the type of meal that could make you a Disney hater, something I wouldn’t consider my family to be, visiting annually. For a featured restaurant at one of the most premium resort and charges this kind of money, the experience was frankly insulting.
‘Ohana needs to decide whether it wants to provide a memorable Disney dining experience or simply turn as many tables as possible. Based on our experience, the answer was very clear.